Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry: Principles and Practice is one of
the first texts to provide a comprehensive review of important
topics in the intersection of geriatric psychiatry, medicine,
clinical neuroscience, forensic psychiatry, and law. It will speak
to a broad audience among varied fields, including clinical and
forensic psychiatry and mental health professionals, geriatricians
and internists, attorneys and courts, regulators, and other
professionals working with the older population. Topics addressed
in this text, applied to the geriatric population, include clinical
forensic evaluation, regulations and laws, civil commitment,
different forms of capacity, guardianship, patient rights,
medical-legal issues related to treatment, long term care and
telemedicine, risk management, patient safety and error reduction,
elder driving, sociopathy and aggression, offenders and the
adjudication process, criminal evaluations, corrections, ethics,
culture, cognitive impairment, substance abuse, trauma, older
professionals, high risk behavior, and forensic mental health
training and research. Understanding the relationship between
clinical issues, laws and regulations, and managing risk and
improving safety, will help to serve the growing older population.
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